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Catholics covered in mud and dried banana leaves join the mud people festival on the feast day of Saint John the Baptist at Bibiclat, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippine Catholics honor St. John the Baptist with a mud-covered display of faith

Jun 24
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Aaron Favila

Melencio Neuda, center, and other devotees who participated in the mud people festival raise their hands during a mass on the feast day of Saint John the Baptist at Bibiclat, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (Credit: Aaron Favila/AP.)

Photos show Philippine Catholics smearing mud on their bodies for festival honoring John the Baptist

Jun 24
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Filipino devotees reenact Good Friday crucifixion

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Archbishop Gilbert Garcera, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, speaks at a Mass marking the canonical erection of the Diocese of Calapan in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines, Aug. 7, 2026. (Credit: CBCP News.)

Filipino bishops back signature drive to ban political dynasties

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Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Pope asks for fairer solutions in story of disabled Spanish woman, 87, evicted from her home

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Pope Leo XIV next to Vatican Press Officer Matteo Bruni on the papal plane from Metz, France, to Rome, Italy, on Sep. 28, 2026. (Credit: Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP.)

Pope Leo says Garman far right’s views on Christianity ‘not authentic’

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Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard the flight from Metz, France, to Rome, at the end of his four-day visit to France, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (Credit: Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP.)

Contradicting Trump, Pope Leo says artificial intelligence safety concerns not ‘fake news’

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Bishop Fulton Sheen in New York City on Oct. 26, 1966. (Credit: Associated Press.)

Premium article: The ‘great enigma’ of modern media’s patron, Blessed Fulton Sheen

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Protestors block the Garvaghy road ahead of a Portadown District Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1 march in the first parade for almost 30 years in Portadown, Northern Ireland, on Sep. 27, 2026. (Credit: Peter Morrison/PA via AP.)

Tensions run high in Northern Ireland after contentious march given go-ahead

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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France, on Sep. 27, 2026. (Credit: Thibault Camus/AP.)

Pope blasts assisted suicide as ‘false compassion’ at French shrine known for miraculous cures

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People gathers in Paris along the Champs Elysees for Mass with Pope Leo XIV at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France, on Saturday, 26 September 2026.

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